Sunday Worship Service: September 12, 2021
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles invites you to experience Virtual Worship. Scroll the page to participate in Virtual Sunday Worship and join us on Sunday’s at noon for the Video Chat Coffee Hour on Zoom. See you soon.
Shhh, Virtual Worship is Starting
Opening Prayer:
We thank you, O God, within and beyond us, for linking our lives in so many ways, making a chain of hope and compassion long enough and strong enough to circle the globe.
When we walk hand in hand, when we work side by side, the impossible becomes the next challenge before us, and we know we can do what we dared not attempt.
May mountains of misery melt with your word of concern that we put into action, and may there never again be despair or denial of your saving grace. Amen.
Opening Hymn:
“All Hail The Power of Jesus’ Name“ #292
led by Justin Jordan, Tony St. James and Matt Daley
CHURCH NEWS & GIVING
Announcements:
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Drive-in Sunday Worship:
1st Sunday, October 3rd ~ 10:00 a.m. ~
And LIVE ZOOM ONLINE WORSHIP service on the fourth Sunday, September 26th ~ 11:00 a.m. .
FELLOWSHIP COFFEE HOUR via Zoom
Sunday, September 12 at 12:00 p.m. / Noon
Please join Pastor Carlton Rhoden for Fellowship with our Westminster Family. Let’s join one another for a check in and fellowship following the morning virtual worship service via zoom. Join the Zoom Coffee Hour Meetings – Let’s Chat! – CLICK HERE
Attention Westminster Family
~ WORSHIP SERVICE SCHEDULE ~
- Sunday, September 5 ~ 10:00 a.m. = DRIVE IN WORSHIP
- Sunday, September 12 ~ 11:00 a.m. = LIVE STREAM WORSHIP
- Sunday, September 19 ~ 11:00 a.m. = ONLINE WORSHIP
- Sunday, September 26 ~ 11:00 a.m. = LIVE ZOOM WORSHIP
PLEASE ARRIVE 9:30-9:45 A.M. for Drive In Worship Services
PREVIEW DRIVE-IN COMMUNION SERVICE
~ Click Here ~
PRAYER MEETING:
Wednesdays at 5:30pm
Please join us for the via conference call.
Phone: (339) 209-4324 – (no code is needed)
BIBLE STUDY
Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.
We will meet for our Bible Study at 1pm as to not conflict with the food giveaway ministry. Join Pastor Rhoden for our weekly zoom virtual Bible Study. – CLICK HERE
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BIBLE STUDY & PRAYER:
Wednesdays at 12 Noon
Interaction Based discussions/Scripture Translation will continue until the end of the summer. – GET DETAILS!
*** FOOD GIVE AWAY ***
Thursdays at 11:00 a.m.
We know that times are tough. Thanks to our partnership with Immanuel Presbyterian Church, we’re giving away FREE FOOD to the community. Come and get your free box of food in the parking lot of Westminster Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles on Thursdays.
View Food Give Away ~ Click Here
Prayers of the People:
The Bible tells us to “approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:12). We are also instructed not to “worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God” (Philippians 4:6). Let us, then, come before God in prayer.
(Soloist):
Lord, listen to your children praying,
Lord, send your Spirit in this place.Lord,
listen to your children praying,
Send us love, send power, send us grace..
Lord, listen to your children praying,
Lord, send your Spirit in this place.Lord,
listen to your children praying,
Send us love, send us power, send us grace.
Prayer:
As we enter into this time of prayer, O God, we ask that you would help us to let go of what is past. Release us from anger and resentments and hurts of days gone by; free us from bitterness and help us to fill this space with the love of Christ.
We offer our gratitude for the gift of love.
We offer our thanks for those people in our lives who love us unconditionally.
We offer our thanks for those who provide a safe place in the shelter of their unselfish love.
We offer our praise for those who give, expecting nothing in return for the gift.
We offer our gratitude to those who cause us to rise to our greater selves.
We offer thanks for those who help us to put the pieces of our lives back together when dreams and hopes are shattered.
We remember now those in need of your comforting presence: (offer specific intercessions).
Gracious God, we praise you for hearing the inmost desires of our hearts. We cast away our fears and anxieties. We lay it all before you. While we honor the past, we also look forward to the future with hope and love.
All of this we pray in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
Amen!
Offering Song – Led by Justin Jordan, Tony St. James and Matt Daley
“You Can’t Beat God Giving” #671
Doxology: “Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow” #650
Led by Justin Jordan, Tony St. James and Matt Daley
Offering Prayer:
Your abundance is without measure and cannot be defined or contained, gracious Lord. It spills out, overflowing into our world and our lives. We thank you and praise you for the wondrous gifts of your Spirit. May these offerings contribute to the peace and wholeness of your creation.
Amen.
Tithes and offerings:
SERMON MESSAGE
Sermon Song – Led Justin Jordan and Matt Daley
“God Is A God” arr. Wendell Whalum
Sermon:
“Shut-Up, Please!!!”
~ Mark 8:31-38 ~
Closing Song – Led by Justin Jordan and Matt Daley
“His Name Is Wonderful” #307
CLOSING PRAYER
Life is too short and too hard to try to make it alone. But thanks be to God, we aren’t alone. God will never ever forsake us or leave us. And God has placed us here in this community of faith, surrounded by brothers and sisters who love us and care for us, brothers and sisters of faith, on whom we can fully rely when times get tough. So let us go forth as people of faith who know from where their help comes. Amen.
Postlude
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We hope you enjoyed Virtual Sunday Worship.
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& JOIN US FOR COFFEE HOUR on ZOOM at NOON on SUNDAY, September 12th.
MEET PASTOR RHODEN
Rev. Carlton A. Rhoden
Westminster Presbyterian Church / Los Angeles
Rev. Carlton A. Rhoden became the Pastor/Head of Staff of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in April, of 2014. Rev. Rhoden comes with a wealth of experience, having formerly served as Senior Minister of the First Baptist of Los Angeles from 2006 until 2013. Rev. Rhoden earned a Masters of Divinity from the American Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley California in 2005. Upon graduation Rev. Rhoden was awarded “The J. Alfred Smith Sr. Award for Outstanding Ministry in the Black Church”. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Divinity School Summer Leadership Program class of 2005. Rev. Rhoden received a Bachelor of Science in Social Work with a minor in African American Studies from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in 1999. While at Stockton, Rev. Rhoden was a member of the Men’s Basketball team, a member of Student Government, and pledged Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.
He is also active in community organization, most recently with Oakland Community Organizations. He is nationally recognized for his expertise in this field and has provided advice and consulting for community organization groups from coast to coast.
Carlton is married to Nikki Thomas-Rhoden. Nikki holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. They have two children, CJ and Maya. Nikki is a Social Worker who has a great concern for children in need. She is a graduate of Richard Stockton College of N.J. (B.A.), and a Master’s of Public Administration from Cal State Hayward. She is currently employed at Penny Lane Centers as a Site Director of Wrap Around. She is devoted to her family and the ministry of Westminster Presbyterian Church Los Angeles. Most importantly she is the best wife and mother a man and his children (Maya and C.J.) can have.
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